The Asus G1S is the smaller of the two notebooks measuring
12.8" x 11.2" x 1.7" and weighing in at 6.8 pounds with an
8-cell battery. The notebook features a 15.4" screen with a WSXGA+
(1680x1050) screen resolution. Powering the display is an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M
graphics processor with 256MB of dedicated video memory. Processing power comes
from a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 processor while 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 memory is
also included. Storage duties are handled by a 160GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive
and a dual-layer SuperMulti DVD burner. Wireless functions are handled by a
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR adapter and Intel's new Wireless Wi-Fi Link
4965AGN Draft-N network adapter.

The Asus G2S is the monster of the two weighing in at a
lap-crushing 9.7 pounds and measuring 16.2" x 12.4" x 1.8".The major hardware specs for the G2S mirror
those of the G1S with two exceptions: the G2S features a 200GB SATA hard drive
and a 17" display with a whopping WUXGA (1920x1200) screen resolution.

Pricing for the G1S is listed at 1700 EUR ($2,306 USD) while
the G2S is listed at 1900 EUR ($2,577 USD). Both notebooks come pre-loaded with
Windows Vista Home Premium and will begin shipping later this month.

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The G1S just may be the perfect laptop. Good midrange hardware so you can have performance, but still have decent battery life, DX10 compatibility, and a 15" screen so it's not huge, but its got enough real estate to enjoy those beautiful games. The only thing that sucks is the 5,400 RPM drive.

The standard for laptop HDD's is 5400rpm - Trust me its better than a 4200rpm drive that my laptop carries, Yet gaming performance isn't affected frame rate wise, just loading levels can take a bit of time.And direct X 10 isnt something to worry about just yet, A game developer would be mad to have a direct X 10 only game available, considering most people are using Windows XP and direct X 9.0 hardware, I personally prefer a mid/mid-high end geforce go 7 series graphics card.

they're like porsche....laziest desingers in the world. its an all new 911! honest!

they just updated the G1/G2 with santa rosa bits. some might not see a problem there, but for me while the specs and price are very tempting....the design is just awful, its really really gawdy. lime green/black, bright red/black.

i know they gots to save money somewhere but these are horrible looking machines.

I don't know why Asus can't make the G1S into a thinner profile. I don't see any reason as to way it is 1.7 inch thick. If Apple can squeeze an ATI x1600 into a 1 inch form factor, Asus (they manufacture the Macbooks), should be able to as well. Heck, even the IBM Thinkpad T60P come in at about 1.1 inch and have an ATI FireGL T5250 card.

Both examples are bad, since MacBooks and ThinkPads are not gaming machines. Plug some underclocked GeForce 8500GT Mobile or something in there and bingo - a 1-inch notebook! But 1-inch _gaming_ notebook is still a thing from your dreams, unfortunately.

I don't give a $rap about gaming notebooks since I purchased 7900GTX for my desktop, this thing is a total blast for hi-res DX9 games. I went through a couple of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. maps on that and I feel sorry for poor sobs with "gaming" notebooks.

Well, unless you play simple (graphics-wise) titles like Prey or Halflife 2, these are okay for notebooks. But really advanced heavyweight stuff like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in full dynamic lighting with all eye candy on max detail in 1600x1200 - I look at it and think "sh1t, I won't touch this notebook toys ever ever, at least for games"